Ipswich Town scored a 2–1 win over Sunderland in the 2026–27 Premier League opening round.
The match was played on Saturday, 22 August 2026, with Ipswich hosting Sunderland. Ipswich were one of three promoted clubs in the division, alongside Coventry City and Hull City, and their victory gave them an immediate three-point return.
The result was narrower than Hull City’s 2–0 win over Manchester United and Brighton’s 4–0 victory over Aston Villa. Ipswich conceded once but scored twice, producing a +1 goal difference.
Ipswich returned to the Premier League after only one season away. Sunderland were also back in the top flight, making the match a meeting between two promoted teams. That detail makes this fixture easy to mix up with Hull’s opening-round victory and Coventry’s defeat by Arsenal.